Like You Know It All (2009)
“The patriarchal dichotomization of women makes an apparent equal a rara avis, makes men desperate to keep her, to own her—and also makes them weak in her eyes and less likely to succeed. As the title suggests, Goo knows nothing.” –
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Jan 10, 2025
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An Impossibly Small Object (2018)
“The entire [third] act is shot in the same magical realist style that makes the first act such a success, and the ending, though answering exactly zero questions, re-balances the tone, giving the film a sense of closure.” –
Critics at Large
Jan 1, 2025
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La Chimera (2023)
95%
“Not just Arthur, the film itself is immersed in the past.” –
The News Lens International
Nov 12, 2024
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Gavagai (2018)
85%
“Cerebrally intriguing but somniferously monotonous, watching Gavagai feels just like reading the first half of this sentence.” –
The News Lens International
Nov 5, 2024
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My First Film (2024)
89%
“Anger’s coming of age isn’t about arriving at the answers, but about knowing how to ask the questions.” –
The News Lens International
Oct 31, 2024
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Clytaemnestra (2021)
“We know that Clytaemnestra’s pressure cooker will explode; the fun is in seeing how the cracks form.” –
The News Lens International
Sep 23, 2024
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Benediction (2021)
92%
“Transcendent performances and visionary direction make for a numinous final film by Terence Davies.” –
The News Lens International
Sep 6, 2024
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Showing Up (2022)
89%
“Reichardt is one of the few directors who truly knows how to use Williams, and the resulting portrait is detailed, deep, and compassionate.” –
The News Lens International
Aug 26, 2024
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The Idea of You (2024)
81%
“The film in general has a reasonable proximity to realist logic, but it’s still a rom-com, so there’s at least some fantasy involved. . . . It’s just a really good film.” –
The News Lens International
Aug 20, 2024
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Hit Man (2023)
95%
“As the object of desire, what Powell gives is less chemistry than capybara, but that’s okay, because Arjona’s performance is so hot that I was surprised the screen didn’t start smoking.” –
The News Lens International
Aug 1, 2024
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Civil War (2024)
81%
“If beauty is the sole standard for their work, then the film’s view of war photography is as an aesthetic death cult.” –
The News Lens International
Jul 15, 2024
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Godzilla Minus One (2023)
99%
“Almost all the men are veterans who’ve seen the horrors behind the old lie, Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori (“It’s sweet and fitting to die for one’s country”). . . . “Not having been to war is something to be proud of[.]”” –
The News Lens International
Jun 26, 2024
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Soviet Bus Stops (2022)
“Indelible bus stops and a retro soundtrack from behind the Iron Curtain can’t hide the fact that this film is essentially a 57-minute commercial for the two photography books from which it’s adapted.” –
The News Lens International
Jun 12, 2024
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Ida (2013)
95%
“It’s a religious test, as suggested when Wanda replies to Ida’s request to seek her buried parents, “What if you find there’s no God?” Well, there is a God, and He’s lovingly observing Ida through the film’s perfectly framed static compositions[.]” –
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Jun 12, 2024
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Challengers (2024)
88%
“Tashi’s beautiful, but the boys aren’t attracted to HER. What they want is to be near her greatness, to have it, to be great; they don’t want to be in her, they want to BE HER.... No, the real source of sexual chemistry is between the boys.” –
The News Lens International
May 31, 2024
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Hotel by the River (2018)
96%
“So that’s the plot, and it only exists so that the characters can hold forth on gender dynamics in the second act. But before that, we get to luxuriate in the muted winter beauty of the river scenery, accentuated by the crisp black-and-white digital image” –
The News Lens International
May 24, 2024
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The Fall Guy (2024)
82%
“We *notice* the action artifice, and it draws our attention to the unseen real-life stunt doubles performing the action we’re seeing—this, of course, being a key theme of the film, a love letter to stuntpeople. Our reality makes the artifice authentic.” –
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May 13, 2024
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Eileen (2023)
82%
“The film’s story and character arcs are broadly predictable, and there are few noteworthy plot details to speak of. ... Once logic goes out the window, it doesn’t come back.” –
The News Lens International
Apr 26, 2024
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The Woman Who Ran (2019)
98%
“Though only one woman has run in The Woman Who Ran, it seems like every woman wants to.” –
The News Lens International
Apr 18, 2024
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The Holdovers (2023)
97%
“Absolutely nothing new happens in Alexander Payne’s surprisingly warm and fuzzy film, but it’s a perfectly fine way to while away 135 minutes. And — who knows? — you might even remember some well-worn yet valuable life lessons.” –
The News Lens International
Apr 1, 2024
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Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
96%
“At the end of the film’s 150 minutes, there’s a verdict, but Sandra is still the only person who knows if she killed Samuel. The only thing we can be sure of is that the trial, and any such trial, is a farce.” –
The News Lens International
Mar 24, 2024
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Girls and Panzer the Finale: Part II (2019)
“The girls are funny and cute, the tanks are historically accurate, and the battles are fierce and competently portrayed for the most part.” –
The News Lens International
Mar 18, 2024
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Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part IV (2023)
“Despite its ridiculous premise, this hit anime franchise has action, humor, historical accuracy, and heart — though the latest installment takes a slight dip.” –
The News Lens International
Mar 18, 2024
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Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 3 (2021)
“The girls are funny and cute, the tanks are historically accurate, and the battles are fierce and competently portrayed for the most part.” –
The News Lens International
Mar 18, 2024
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Girls und Panzer: This is the real Anzio Battle (2014)
“These cultural and military stereotypes don’t just inform the respective battle tactics; they’re also incredibly funny.” –
The News Lens International
Mar 18, 2024
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